CONNOR v. C.I.R.

No. 87-1747.

847 F.2d 985 (1988)

Eugene R. CONNOR and Mary P. Connor, Petitioners, Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Remsberg with whom Hinckley, Allen, Snyder & Comen, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for petitioners, appellants.

Stuart E. Horwich, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom William S. Rose, Jr., Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paup and Jonathan S. Cohen, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent, appellee.

Before COFFIN, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

A partnership called the Sunset Construction Co. ("Sunset") bought heavy construction equipment in 1979 and 1980 and leased it to two related companies, Connor Construction Corp. ("Connor Construction") and Catamount Construction Co. ("Catamount"). One of Sunset's partners, Eugene Connor, and his wife claimed that Sunset's purchases entitled it to an "investment tax credit," ("ITC"), 26 U.S.C. § 38 (1982) (amended 1986), which they, in...

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